EditorialSyrian hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus. (Rose of Sharon, Althaea frutex) National flower of Korea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," 1789. Botanical illustration unsigned, but possibly by James Sowerby.
EditorialSketchbook Page: Rubbing of Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus) Leaf, Kenyon Cox, American, 18561919, Graphite, blue crayon on paper, Recto: Rubbing of Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus) leaf in blue crayon, outlined in graphite; sketches of stem and leaves above., Verso...
EditorialFrieze, York Wall Paper Company, 1895, Machine-printed, Narrown green band top and bottom. Design: 'Rose of Sharon'. Flowers alternate, one facing top of border, the following one the bottom. Occasional leaf touched with silver. The entire paper, desig...
EditorialBorder, York Wall Paper Company, 1895, Machine-printed paper, Narrow green band top and bottom. Design: 'Rose of Sharon.' Flowers alternate, one facing top of border, the following one the bottom. Occasional leaf touched with silver. The entire paper, ...
EditorialRose of Sharon, Hypericum calycinum. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896.
EditorialAlpine rose, Rosa pendulina (rose of Sharon, Rosa alpina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslow's The Botanist, London, 1836.
EditorialAlpine rose, Rosa pendulina (rose of Sharon, Rosa alpina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslow's The Botanist, London, 1836.
EditorialMukuge, or rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.
EditorialSyrian hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus. (Rose of Sharon, Althaea frutex) National flower of Korea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," 1789. Botanical illustration unsigned, but possibly by James Sowerby.